M&A Deal Summary

Newfold Digital Acquires Constant Contact

On November 2, 2015, Newfold Digital acquired internet software and services company Constant Contact for 1.1B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Newfold Digital’s 6th transaction in the Internet Software and Services sector.
  • This is Newfold Digital’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Newfold Digital’s 11th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Newfold Digital’s 3rd transaction in Massachusetts.
Investment Fate
  • Constant Contact was divested to a consortium of buyers in 2021.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-11-02
Target Constant Contact
Sector Internet Software and Services
Buyer(s) Newfold Digital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 1.1B USD
Advisor(s) Morgan Stanley
Raymond James - Investment Banking (Financial)
Latham & Watkins (Legal)

Target

Constant Contact

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States
Constant Contact is a provider of online marketing tools to generate repeat business and referrals through email marketing, social media marketing, event marketing, local deals, and online surveys. Constant Contact was founded in 1995 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Newfold Digital

Jacksonville, Florida, United States
Category Company
Founded 1997
Sector Internet Software and Services
Revenue 1.1B USD (2019)
DESCRIPTION

Newfold Digital is a provider of shared web hosting services to small businesses. Newfield Digital helps customers of all sizes build a digital presence that delivers results. Newfold Digital has extensive product offerings and personalized support with customers to serve their online presence needs. Newfold Digital was founded in 1997 and is based in Jacksonville, Florida.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 18
Sector (Internet Software and Services) 6 of 11
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 9 of 13
State (Massachusetts) 3 of 3
Country (United States) 11 of 13
Year (2015) 4 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-08-04 Site5.com

Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States

Site5 is a provider of website hosting services and solutions.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-08-22 AppMachine BV

Heerenveen, Netherlands

AppMachine BV is a developer of software, building products and capabilities to beginners and professionals alike, enabling them to create web-based and native mobile applications for iOS, Android and Windows Phone 8 and manage social media marketing.

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